1.納米晶材料的力學性能研究；2.納米材料的電化學性能研究； 2.第一性原理計算； 3.仿生結構材料的制備與性能研究

徐江，教授、博士生導師。主要研究方向為納米晶涂層的韌化設計以及納米涂層的耐蝕性能設計與表征方面取得較為矚目的進展。相關科研成果以第一作者已在材料類和化學類著名刊物Nature子刊-Scientific Reports(2014年影響因子5.578)，Journal of Materials Chemistry （2014年影響因子7.443,已發表4篇), Nanoscale(2014年影響因子7.394) , Acta Biomaterialia(2014年影響因子6.025), Acta Materialia（2014年影響因子4.465）， Journal of Power Sources(2014年影響因子6.217), Electrochemistry Communications （2014年影響因子4.874）， Journal of Physical Chemistry C （2014年影響因子4.772)，ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces（2014 年影響因子6.723），Electrochimica Acta(2014 年影響因子4.504), Corrosion Science(2014年影響因子4.422), Scripta Materialia (2014年影響因子3.224,已發表2篇）, RSC Advances (2014 年影響因子3.84),<<中國科學E輯>>等SCI收錄文章80余篇，其中以第一作者或通訊作者發表或接受被SCI收錄的文章 ■■80篇■■（其中影響因子大于4的14篇）。申請國家發明專利17項，其中授權專利14項。目前為Electrochemistry Communications,Electrochimica Acta ，Corrosion Science, Scripta materialia , Surface and Coatings Technology,Journal of the American Ceramic Society，Wear等幾十種國際刊物的審稿專家。2009年獲教育部高校科技優秀成果獎科技進步二等獎（排名第二）.
學術成果
近年來所發表的相關研究論文被國際著名刊物Nature Communications,Advanced Materials，Chemistry of Materials ，Macromolecules 等引用200余次,單篇最高他人引用37次. 代表性論文：1.Jiang Xu, Xiaoli Zhao, Paul Munroe, Zonghan Xie,Synergistic toughening of hard, nacre-mimetic MoSi2 coatings by self-assembled hierarchical structure,Scientific Reports,accepted;2.Jiang Xu*, Linlin Liu , Paul Munroe, Zong-Han Xie, Zhong-Tao, The nature and role of passive films in controlling the corrosion resistance of MoSi2-based nanocomposite coatings,Journal of Materials Chemistry A,2013, 1 (35), 10281 – 10291； 3.Jiang Xu*, Daohui Lai, ZongHan Xie, Paul Munroe, Zhong-Tao Jiang, A critical role for Al in regulating the corrosion resistance of nanocrystalline Mo(Si1-xAlx)2 films, Journal Materials Chemistry, 2012, 22, 2596-2606；4.Linlin Liu, Jiang Xu*, Zong-Han Xie , Paul Munroe, The roles of passive layers in regulating the electrochemical behavior of Ti5Si3-based nanocomposite films, Journal Materials Chemistry A, 2013, 1, 2064–2078； 5.Linlin Liu, Jiang Xu*, Paul Munroe, Jiake Xu, Zong-Han Xie, Electrochemical behavior of (Ti1 xNbx)5Si3 nanocrystalline films in simulated physiological media, Acta Biomaterialia, 10 (2014) 1005–1013； 6. Jiang Xu, Linlin Liu, Zhengyang Li, Paul Munroe, Zong-Han Xie，Niobium addition enhancing the corrosion resistance of nanocrystalline Ti5Si3 coating in H2SO4 solution，Acta Materialia,63 (2014) 245–260;7.Jiang Xu*, XiangZhen Mao, ZongHan Xie, Paul Munroe, Damage-Tolerant, Hard Nanocomposite Coatings Enabled by a Hierarchical Structure, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2011, 115 (39), 18977–18982；8.JiangXu*, Linlin Liu, Xiaolin Lu, ShuyunJiang, Effect of carbon doping on electrochemical behaviour of nanocrystalline Ti5Si3 film in NaCl solution, Electrochemistry Communications, 13 (2011) 102–105； 9.Jiang Xu*, Yue Wang, Shuyun Jiang, The effects of substitution of Cr for Mo on the mechanical properties of nanocrystalline Mo5Si3 films, Nanoscale,2010,2:394-398；10.Jiang Xu*, Shuyun Jiang, Yue Wang, Influence of Chromium Alloying on the Cyclic Oxidation Behavior of Nanocrystalline (MoxCr1-x)5Si3 Films at 800°C in Air, ACS applied materials & interfaces, 2010,2(1):301-311；11.Jiang Xu*,Chenzhi Zhuo, Dezhong Han, Jie Tao, Linlin Liu, Shuyun Jiang, Erosion-corrosion behaviour of nano-particle-reinforced Ni matrix composite alloying layer by duplex surface treatment in aqueous slurry environment, Corrosion Science,2009, 51(5):1055-1068；12.Jiang Xu*, Zhong Xu, Jie Tao, Zili Liu, Zheyuan Chen, Wenhui Zhu A novel synthesis method for large area metallic amorphous/ nanocrystal films by the glow-discharge plasma technique, Scripta Materialia，2007,57：587–590；13.Linlin Liu, Jiang Xu*, Paul Munroe, Zong-Han Xie，Microstructure, mechanical and electrochemical properties of in situ synthesized TiC reinforced Ti5Si3 nanocomposite coatings on Ti-6Al-4V substrates，Electrochimica Acta,2014,115,86-95； 14.Jiang Xu*,ZhengYang Li; Zonghan Xie; Paul Munroe，Uniting superhardness and damage-tolerance in a nano-sandwich structured Ti-B-N coating，Scripta Materialia,74 (2014) 88–91；
承擔項目
先后主持3項國家自然基金、1項江蘇省基金重點項目、1項江蘇省自然科學基金、2項航空科學基金，1項博士后特別資助。